What does staging mean in renal cell carcinoma

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Some time ago, my mother called to say that a relative of my family suffered from renal cancer. She asked me to visit when I was free. When I saw the patient, I realized the severity of the disease. After asking, I learned that it was already distant metastasis staging. Today, let me talk about the staging of renal cancer.

What does staging mean in renal cell carcinoma

First, the stage of renal cell carcinoma mainly includes the following stages: stage I, the tumor is located in the renal capsule. Stage II tumor invaded the perirenal fat, but it was still confined to the perirenal fascia. Stage Ⅲ a tumor invaded renal vein or inferior vena cava. In stage Ⅲ B, regional lymph nodes were involved; in stage Ⅲ C, renal vein, inferior vena cava and lymph node were involved. Stage Ⅳ a tumor invaded adjacent organs except adrenal gland; stage Ⅳ B tumor metastasis.

Second: primary tumor (T) stage: no evidence of primary tumor. The maximum diameter of the tumor was less than or equal to 2.5cm, which was confined to the renal capsule. The maximum diameter of the tumor was more than 25 cm. The kidney was deformed and the tumor was still in the capsule. The tumor invaded the perirenal fat. The tumor invaded the vein. The tumor has invaded adjacent organs. Regional lymph node (n) staging: lymph node metastasis is uncertain. There was no lymph node metastasis. A single ipsilateral lymph node was involved. Multiple regional lymph nodes were involved.

Third: distant metastasis (m) stage: the extent of metastasis is uncertain. There was no evidence of distant metastasis. There is distant metastasis. Occult metastasis. Single organ metastasis. Multiple metastases of one organ. Multiple organ metastases. The lymph nodes were fixed. Adjacent regional lymph nodes were involved. Because there are many kinds of renal cell carcinoma, the patients need to combine the clinical diagnosis first and then make the treatment plan.

matters needing attention

Therefore, we must pay attention to the symptomatic medication in the treatment of diseases, to reduce the pain of patients as much as possible, and at the same time, we should also pay attention to the daily life conditioning, timely adjust the psychological activities of patients, and pay more attention to diet and daily life.